Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35-70/2.8 out of production ???
From: ARTHURWG@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:19:58 EDT

The rare glass element  is only available in another solar system, far, far 
away. The only reason Leitz got some in the first place is that a meteorite  
had fallen directly on the factory. Hitler's post war plan for the V2 rocket  
was to explore the universe for rare optical elements that would keep the 
German optics industry in a leadership  position for 1000 years. But as we 
know, that was not to be.....Arthur